Anthony Schapira#
| Membership Number: | 6618 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-3018-3966 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - current Head of Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London
- 1990 - current Professor of Neurology and Clinical Neurosciences, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, and Royal Free London Hospital
- 1990 - 2018 Head of Department of Clinical Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London
- 1988 - 1990 Senior Lecturer, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology
Fields of Scholarship
- Glucocerebrosidase
- Genetics
- Neurodegeneration
- Mitochondrial metabolism
- Molecular biology
- Parkinson disease
- Lysosomal biology
- Clinical neurology
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Barbara and John Hiseman Award, Kings College London
- 2020 European Academy of Neurology Award
- 2019 Non-Executive Director, Oxford University Hospitals Board
- 2018 Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology
- 2013 The Horst Bickl Memorial Award, Society for Inherited and Metabolic Diseases
- 2012 National Institutes of Health Senior Investigator
- 2011 J F Wilkinson Memorial Medal, Manchester University
- 2005 Erb-Duchenne Prize, German Neurological
- 2006 Mel Yahr Award, Mount Sinai Medical School. NY, USA
- 2004 Elected Guarantor of Brain
- 1999 Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 1999 Opprecht Foundation International Prize for Parkinson's Disease
- 1998 European Prize for Clinical Sciences, European Society for Clinical Sciences
- 1995 Elected Member of the American Neurological Association
- 1995 Johnson foundation Award, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
- 1995 Graham Bull Prize in Clinical Sciences, Royal College of Physicians
- 1995 Distinguished Medal for Service to Neuroscience, Louisiana State University, USA
- 1994 Buckston Brown Medal, Harveian Society
- 1986 Queen Square Prize
